Hey, played it again, not sure what I mean with 'finnicky', it's actually quite responsive. I think I tried to jump over an axe, landing in a group of mosquitos and then the movement options are limited, you cannot really quickly get rid of a group like that, but that's more the nature of the controls than the responsiveness. So, forget what I said :-)
What I do think is that the hitboxes could be easier or more clear or actually surrounding the enemies. It's hard to guess when you actually hit a creature and when you miss, especially with the reaper boss. That's in your game, right? Or am I now mixing up games?
I'm playing on keyboard btw.
Did end up respawning out of view btw. I jumped over that axe on a narrow wall, dropping through a long corridor with horizontal moving spikes, was killed by one of the spikes and respawned while not being able to see myself, could still move, hearing myself, but couldn't come in view anymore. Apparently I could die out of view, but even after dying, I'd respawn the same way, so no way to recover from that.